My mother found my father to be cheating on her with her niece. She went to confront her niece at her apartment. She says her niece attacked her so she dropped her purse to defend herself. After the skirmish she picked up her purse along with a sweater she thought was hers. She went to the police station to file a report. When my father got home he got the sweater and took it back to my moms niece. The owners of the apartment filed charges on my mother for burglary habitation for taking the sweater. The apartment is supposed to be under my fathers and her niece's name. What can she do to defend herself. She has no criminal record. She also does not work and cannot afford a lawyer. Any help is appreciated.